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STARS IN THE ALLEY, presented by United Airlines, will be hosted by star of stage and screen Norm Lewis, who takes over the legendary title role in Broadway's record-breaking The...
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NY Theater by Sandi Durell Awards! Awards! Awards! Tis the season to give and get those little statues. And so the off Broadway community celebrated its 29th Annual...
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A fascinating voyage through the Bible rivaling in scope the RSC's Nicholas Nickleby and Steppenwolf's Grapes of Wrath. Â Â Â New York Theater Review By Joel Benjamin A...
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Music Review by Marilyn Lester For almost half a century, singer/actor/comedienne Fanny Brice was a megastar. Thirteen years after her 1951 d…
New York Theater Review by Joe Clarke The musical Cabaret has the rare quality of changing with the era without really losing its...
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NY Theater Review by Susan Hasho With the promise to "put producers through hell" and "David will bring Goliath down and ev'ry Broadway venture in...
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Cabaret Cares/Help Is On The Way Today, a 501c non-profit organization founded by MAC Award winning producer, Joseph Macchia, will hold its annual fundraising gal…
Music Review By Brian Scott Lipton What is "The Lillias White Effect?" Whenever you see this powerful Tony Award winner perform live, it's usually the uncontrolla…
NY Theater Review By Marcina Zaccaria Written by Ryann Weir and created and directed by Anne Tippe, 'Debutante' is a light, funny show playing...
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NY Theater Review, Sandi Durell If you're craving to find out about E.A. Poe and his final days before he died at age 40, then get...
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NY Theater Review by Sandi Durell In Sharr White's (The Snow Geese, The Other Place) latest offering, this sometimes comical, yet annoyingly touching play,…
By: Sandi Durell A rags to riches story, Act One takes wing as one of the theater's all-time icon's memoir (1959) comes alive at...
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by: JK Clarke Tough Titty, to school kids, means "too bad for you " deal with it!" But in Tough Titty, the play, now through May...
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By Joel Benjamin The York Theatre Company may be preaching to the choir with its charming new show Inventing Mary Martin " The Revue of...
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By Brian Scott Lipton There was plenty of cause for celebration " both on the stage and in the audience of Zankel Hall " as Michael...
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By: Jerry Osterbergg In the words of Noel Coward: "I went to a marvelous party!" On the evening of...
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By Eric J. Grimm One of the most exciting aspects of attending live theater and music performances in New York City is the opportunity to watch...
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By: Brian Scott Lipton and Sandi Durell On Wednesday, April 30, the Tony Awards sponsored their annual "Meet the Nominees" event at the Paramount Hotel, and...
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In a tribute to composer, lyricist, arranger Marc Shaiman and director, lyricist, writer Scott Wittman, the New York Pops, under the d…
by: Susan Hasho The play Peddling, written and performed by Harry Melling, and directed by Steven Atkinson, is part of 59e59 Theaters' Brits Off Broadway..…
By Eric J. Grimm The plight of the working class is such well-trodden territory that any new works dealing with the subject need to either present...
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 By: Sandi Durell   Spring brings out the best. Check the clubs and cabaret listings to see who's who and where!  54 Below 254...
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(click on photo to open) In the glow of its seven Tony® Award nominations, including one for Best Musical, producers Scott Sanders and Wynton Marsalis announced today that a trio...
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By Joel Benjamin There was a gasp when the effervescent Vickie Phillips announced that she was turning 80 that very day (April 24th at the Metropolitan...
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From My Seat in the House Mari Lyn Henry Picture this: the set is split into the parlor in the foreground with a piano and bench and...
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